Work on the ASCII standard began on October 6, 1960, with the first meeting of the American Standards Association's ( ASA ) X3. 2 subcommittee.

The indecision did not last long: during May 1963 the CCITT Working Party on the New Telegraph Alphabet proposed to assign lower case characters to columns 6 and 7, and International Organization for Standardization TC 97 SC 2 voted during October to incorporate the change into its draft standard.

* Ana María Teresa Ruíz y Moragas ( 9 October 1925 – 6 September 1965 )

A revival opened in the West End on October 6, 1989 at the Piccadilly Theatre, directed by Ian Judge, designed by Mark Thompson, and choreographed by Anthony Van Laast.

Dendermonde finally succumbed on 6 September followed by Ath – the last conquest of 1706 – on 2 October.

It merged with the Dutch steel producer Koninklijke Hoogovens to form Corus Group on 6 October 1999.

On the evening of October 6, 1949, Ivinskaya was arrested at her apartment by the KGB.

* October 6, 1890-Official Declaration — 1 was accepted unanimously as scripture.

* 12 June 1814 – 3 October 1814 José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco ( 2nd time ); he stayed on as " supreme dictator " 3 October 1814 – 20 September 1840 ( from 6 June 1816 styled " perpetual supreme dictator ")

* Thomas McClary ( lead guitar ) – born October 6, 1949, Eustis, Florida.

On October 6, 2007, the Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Phillies by winning 2 – 1 in Colorado.

At 6: 30 pm EDT, Kennedy convened a meeting of the nine members of the National Security Council and five other key advisers, in a group he formally named the Executive Committee of the National Security Council ( EXCOMM ) after the fact on October 22 by the National Security Action Memorandum 196.

Schedules were changed and from Monday 6 March 1961 until Wednesday 11 October 1989, the programme was shown in two episodes broadcast Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30.

# Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless — January 6, 2008 to October 12, 2008

Some sources state that Dada coalesced on October 6 at the Cabaret Voltaire.

In October 1979, Rosenthal's liability insurer settled with Day for about $ 6 million payable in 23 annual installments.

It was planned by Wiz and released by Bandai on June 26, 1997 Digimon: The Movie, released in the U. S. and Canada territory by Fox Kids through 20th Century Fox on October 6, 2000, consists of the union of the first three Japanese movies.

Publication started on October 6, 1979.

Major General Sir Frederick Roberts led the Kabul Field Force over the Shutargardan Pass into central Afghanistan, defeated the Afghan Army at Char Asiab on 6 October 1879 and occupied Kabul.

The monthly unemployment rate remained at about 6 and 8 percent from December 2007 until September 2008, however, it went up to about 9 percent in October and dropped again in November 2008 to 8 percent.

On 6 October 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz of the University of Geneva announced the first definitive detection of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star, namely the nearby G-type star 51 Pegasi.

On 6 October 1854, Scottish miner James Scobie was murdered at the Eureka hotel.

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* October 6, 984 ( Eikan 1, 27th day of the 8th month )

Cinema attendance, having rallied slightly in the late 1970s after an all-time low of 115. 1 million visits in 1976, dropped sharply again from the mid-1980s to end at just 101. 6 million visits in 1989.

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A number of Trailer Sailers sailed on Lake Eyre in 1975, 1976 and 1984 when the flood depth reached 3 – 6 m ( 10 – 20 ft ).

In July 1976, Tureaud's platoon sergeant punished him by giving him the detail of chopping down trees during training camp at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, but did not tell him how many trees, so Tureaud single-handedly chopped down over seventy trees from 6: 30 am to 10: 00 am, until a shocked major superseded the sergeant's orders.

* 1976 – The first 4. 6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.

Niki Lauda, the reigning world champion and only person ever to lap the full Nordschleife in under 7 minutes ( 6: 58. 6, 1975 ), proposed to the other drivers that they boycott the circuit in 1976 because of the safety arrangements.

* Wynne, B., " G. G. Barkla and the J-Phenomenon: a Case Study of the Treatment of Deviance in Physics ", Social Studies of Science, Vol. 6, 1976, pp. 307 – 4 ( abstract )

In the 1970s GDP growth rates gradually declined from a peak of 6. 5 % in 1970 until contracting 7. 5 % in 1975 and 1976.

The revolution of 1973 inaugurated a brief, unstable period of democracy, with military rule being reimposed after the 6 October 1976 Massacre.

Algeria recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on March 6, 1976.

* August 6 – Wright Patman, American politician ( d. 1976 )

The source code and commentary were originally produced in May 1976 as a set of lecture notes for Lions ' computer science courses ( 6. 602B and 6. 657G ) at the University of New South Wales Department of Computer Science.

In August 1976, Science published a retrospective cohort study by Educational Testing Service psychologist Herman Witkin and colleagues that screened the tallest 16 % of men ( over 184 cm ( 6 ' 0 ") in height ) born in Copenhagen from 1944 – 1947 for XXY and XYY karyotypes, and found an increased rate of minor criminal convictions for property crimes among sixteen XXY and twelve XYY men may be related to the lower intelligence of those with criminal convictions, but found no evidence that XXY or XYY men were inclined to be aggressive or violent.

Adjusted for changes in the annual price index, pensions went up in real terms by 5. 1 % ( 1975 ), 6. 7 % ( 1976 ), 6. 2 % ( 1977 ), 0. 4 % ( 1979 ), and 0. 6 % ( 1982 ).

Vincent Anthony " Vince " Guaraldi ( July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976 ) was an Italian-American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip.

Guaraldi died at age 47 on February 6, 1976.

Hans Richter ( April 6, 1888 – February 1, 1976 ) was a painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer.

From 1976 onwards many 70 mm prints used Dolby noise reduction on the magnetic tracks but Dolby disapproved of the " spread " and instead re-allocated the 6 available tracks to provide for left, center and right screen channels, left and right surround channels plus a " low-frequency enhancement " channel to give more body to low-frequency bass.

Their downfall in a coup d ' état on October 6, 1976, a mere month after Mao's death, brought about major celebrations on the streets of Beijing and marked the end of a turbulent political era in China.

On 6 October 1976, Hua had the four leading radicals and a number of their lesser associates arrested.

Group 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 5 Special Production Cars became the premier form of " sports car " racing from 1976, with prototypes going into a general decline apart from Porsche 936 domination at Le Mans and a lower-key series of races for smaller two-litre Group 6 prototypes.